A brownish area... with points!

The kid on the box of the First Act Discovery drum set has a familiar hairstyle.

Researching sharks on the internet.

I was wondering about if sharks feel emotion and whether or not they are capable of developing an emotional attachment to a human, so I did some research. Instead of finding answers to my questions, I just found a bunch of other things that had nothing to do with what I wanted to know.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Black people getting attacked by sharks?

A conversation with a great white shark about fear.

I made a LEGO minifigure of myself!

I have built vignettes in the past that featured a LEGO minifigure of myself, but it has been several years. A lot of new LEGO elements have come out since then, and maybe my appearance has changed some, so when I was in the mood to play with LEGO yesterday, I decided to make an updated figure of myself.

He's a cool guy. He likes to hang out with LEGO Batman, LEGO Hip-Hop Troll, and LEGO Dinosaur Dracula.

Unfortunately I don't have the awesome Spaceman shirt that the LEGO minifigure of me is wearing, but he doesn't have a LEGO version of my guitar either, so he's forced to play that Flying V instead. We can't all have everything we want.

I used the head of LEGO Indiana Jones for him, but don't read into that at all. I don't think I look anything like the very handsome Harrison Ford. I just think the LEGO head somewhat resembles my own, with the crooked smile, and the facial hair that resembles the stubbly beard I often have as a result of my not liking to shave.

Creepy Antique Clowns

My cousin and I went to an antique store recently. I didn't buy anything, because every item was so ridiculously overpriced. Here are some creepy antique clown items I found but absolutely did not purchase.

I apologize for the blurriness of this first photo. I guess none of these clowns look especially creepy (just a regular amount of creepy), but it's a very bizarre picture. It has one of those weird hobo or tramp clowns, and what's with the floating disembodied clown heads?

In the next picture, this little clown fellow looks as disturbed as I feel, but he made me this way. I'm not sure what his excuse is. There's another half a barrel behind him with his legs sticking out of it though, so I guess that might give some sort of hint as to why he's making that awful face.

This final clown was part of some big display or perhaps a beanbag toss game that seemed to be for Mardi Gras. It had other clowns, but none of them affected me as much as this one. He certainly does not look happy. Look into those eyes!

HE WANTS TO EAT YOUR SOUL

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Sometimes I have dreams that I wish were real experiences simply because I'd love to be able to tell the story as if it really happened rather than having to start with something like "I had a dream where..."

This is one of those dreams. It's realistic enough to have been real, but it just amuses me so much.

I had a dream where I was grocery shopping with somebody, and we were discussing the differences in taste between various types of apple. At one point we must have disagreed, because the discussion sort of became more of a debate. Then I feel it officially became an argument when they yelled about something being zesty. I don't think I'd ever heard someone yell that word before.

James Blake's new album Overgrown

I don't post consistently, but at times I'm a little surprised to realize I neglected to write about something. One of those somethings is musician James Blake's self-titled debut album.

I had gotten into Blake after seeing and clicking on an advertisement for his music video "The Wilhelm Scream" on youtube. I'm a big fan of movies and of sound designer Ben Burtt, so I knew what the Wilhelm scream sound effect was, and the title of the song intrigued me. It might be the only time I've ever clicked on one of those ads on youtube. I didn't even know if I liked the song at first, but it made an impression (maybe that's too weak a word... impact?) on me, and I ended up getting the album. I found it to be really weird, thought provoking, and even confusing, which is strange to me because I've heard so much weird, experimental music. It became one of my favorite albums of the past few years though. The electronic manipulation of more traditional music sounds like piano and voice are really interesting, and a lot of the songs have very strange arrangements and structures. It has influenced me a lot as a musician.

The other day, Blake announced that he's releasing a new album called Overgrown on April 8th. The first single is called "Retrograde", and it's available today. You can watch the music video below. I really like the song and the video, and am excited to hear more.

I heard Beyonce beat Football at the Super Bowl.

I'm not surprised. It looks like she had one hell of a defensive line.